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Afp 24-9. Subedi : Cpc đang ở ngã ba.đường tiến lên dân chủ, vẫn có nguy cơ bình mới rượu cũ đàn áp dân.
The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Surya Subedi, expressed deep "regret" at the decision to open parliament without the opposition, in comments in Geneva on Tuesday.
He slammed "indiscriminate and excessive" use of force during three days of mass protest in the capital earlier this month, which saw one protester shot dead and several wounded as security forces clashed with a stone-throwing crowd.

Noting further accusations of crackdowns on peaceful protests over the weekend, Subedi urged the authorities, "in the strongest possible terms, to refrain from further use of violence".
"Having seen the authorities, who exercised considerable restraint for weeks, again to resorting to old tactics that violate basic civil rights in the past few days, I believe it is clear that Cambodia today stands at a crossroads," said Subedi.

He added that the opposition had "harnessed and focused the popular will for change in a way that has never before been seen in Cambodia’s modern history", but warned that the party’s success had yet to be measured.

Hun Sen, who suffered his worst poll result in 15 years in July, last week agreed to find a peaceful solution to the dispute in talks with his main rival Rainsy.